Nearly 700 positions are vacant at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention because of a continuing freeze on hiring that officials and
researchers say affects programs supporting local and state public
health emergency readiness, infectious disease control and chronic
disease prevention.
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Trump Fired The Intel Director Who Warned Him Of A Deadly, Viral Pandemic
Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned President
Donald Trump and his administration last year that a pandemic could lead
to serious problems if they didn’t take public health preparedness more
seriously.
The Facts on Trump's Travel Restrictions
President Donald Trump has made a number of misleading statements about his decision on Jan. 31 to impose travel restrictions related to the novel coronavirus epidemic.
Trump's Mental Health – Now the Worst Case Scenario
The moment we feared has come: in a real emergency, the president’s
inability to stay with reality and to resist the need to conform the
world to what is in his head will now result in a tangible loss of
lives. People are asking: Is the president capable of functioning in a
crisis?
Conservative pundits seek villains to blame amid coronavirus outbreak
Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh and others have less to say about the spread of the virus than concern for how the news coverage of it affects President Trump. In
fact, many conservative commentators have expressed less interest in
the spread of the virus or efforts to combat it than in the story of the virus — a story they are convinced shows bias designed to harm President Trump.
Trump Administration Restricts Entry Into U.S. From China
Moving to counter the spreading coronavirus
outbreak, the Trump administration said Friday that it would bar entry
by most foreign nationals who had recently visited China and put some
American travelers under a quarantine as it declared a rare public health emergency.
COVID-19: It’s Not About Europe, It’s About Incompetence
In the U.S., we are grossly underprepared for COVID-19 (coronavirus),
now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The federal
government has failed to protect its citizens by not responding in a
timely and adequate manner.
Nothing But a Taxpayer 'Subsidy to Insurers': Democrats Float Plan to Backstop For-Profit Healthcare Industry During Covid-19 Pandemic
House Democratic leadership came under fire Tuesday after it was
reported a proposal is now under consideration to backstop for-profit
healthcare insurance companies with taxpayer dollars instead of simply
opening public programs like Medicare and Medicaid to those laid off or
uninsured amidst the coronavirus outbreak ravaging the country.
Governors and mayors in growing uproar over Trump's lagging coronavirus response
President Trump’s response to the coronavirus
pandemic sparked uproar and alarm among governors and mayors on Sunday
as Trump and his administration’s top advisers continued to make
confusing statements about the federal government’s scramble to confront
the crisis, including whether he will force private industry to mass
produce needed medical items.
Vast majority of tax provision in coronavirus law goes to millionaires, JCT finds
More than 80 percent of the benefits of a tax change tucked into the coronavirus relief package
Congress passed last month will go to those who earn more than $1
million annually, according to a report by a nonpartisan congressional
body expected to be released Tuesday.